O Vagabond Cloud! br br Why such a dream so futile? br That time and again, may I sigh br For a sweet home always br Inside blue sky! br br May you not know? br That home will one day br perish for sure, will be br Forlorn! forsaken! br Ah! will it not be, at all? br br br May that unkind sun br Usurp you in intense burst br Monsoon may in pitiful mourn br Vigor a downpour in full thrust br br One day neither you nor I will be here br Yet breaks a dawn after prolonged Nigh br Cloud comes one after another br Echoes distant far may I hear br River breaks in one bank, gains in another br Like a heart forever! br br May I not love br Just to be like you inside this net br Magical so webs br This bewitching Maya so beguiles! br br Now so much in love with this moss! br Gathers around the stone so benign br Sleeping like a child unconscious br This island so lonely br That mourns inside careful treasure br So deceitful, this Maya's desire! br br O Cloud so dear! br Hear! O hear! br Let only be for a moment br Inside you this glorious paint br In mind let it vibrate forever br Dreams that tide inside my heart br That touch so soft around the sands! br Let it remain inside forever br This pensive heart! br May trail this ocean br And insensitive time may often ignite that flame br That sweet memory bygone! br Let it may br Now be swayed away br Tell me who at all may drift away! br Who may depart at all! br Only we make a mistake br Everyone so remains br Only we misunderstand! br br Shamik Bose 17th June 2010 Calcuttabr br Shamik Bosebr br